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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, longboards, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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[–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

They are tired, overworked, stressed out, not regularly re tested for their licenses, they are in a hurry because they demand convenience and they drive absolutely massive and oversized vehicles, and almost none of them can either afford the money or the time to basic maintenance and ensure their vehicles are actually safe to drive, and due to society in general collapsing, police barely ever respond to reports of drivers violating traffic laws unless they actually seriously injure or kill someone or do absolutely massive property damage, oh right and somehow it is still a widely popular and normalized thing amongst many drivers to drive drunk, high, do their makeup while driving or be on their phone in a manner that reduces their situational awareness and reaction times to basically nill.

Do cars still kill more people than guns in America, or did guns finally overtake automobiles?

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Do cars still kill more people than guns in America, or did guns finally overtake automobiles?

They are neck and neck... around 42,000 a year... EACH.

[–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 months ago

I am Jacks lifelong knowledge of the Automotive Insurance industry.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not to mention those big trucks that Americans love to drive that has a very big blindspot.

[–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 months ago

Yep, forgot that one, thats a pretty big problem too.

[–] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I had never seen a person driving with their phone mounted in the front window playing movies or watching YouTube while driving until I went to the US. Absolutely fucking insane that people can be this stupid.